Bicycle-support



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BICYCLE SUPPORT.

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mvzmo BY 9AM MM ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. HART, J R., OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BICYCLE-SUPPORT.-

SPEgIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,694, dated June 13,1899.

Application filed March 5, 1898.

provement is fully set forth in the following specification andaccompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a support which is connected with the pedal ofa bicycle and may be folded thereon when not required for service andwhen so required to be placed pendent from the-pedal and rested on thefloor, road, &c., means being provided for locking the support to thepedal-frame when said support is folded on the latter, as will behereinafter described.

Figure 1 represents a top or plan view of a bicycle-support in foldedcondition embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a perspective viewof the same in operative position. Fig. 3 represents a top or plan Viewof another part of my invention in folded condition. Fig. 4 represents aperspective View of another form of myinvention in operative position. 7

Similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the frame of a bicycle-pedal,which is formed of front and rear side pieces and a cross-bar connectingthe ends of said pieces. Connected with said crossbar are the ears B, onwhich is mounted the support (3, the same consisting of the legs D, thefeet E, and the tongue F, the portion of the legs about the ears B beingturned or deflected, forming the journals of the support, which areadapted to turn freely in said ears in order to place the support inoperative position, as in Fig. 2, or folded on the side of the pedal, asin Fig. 1. The tongue F projects outwardly from the journals, so thatWhen the support is in operative position said tongue abuts against theend of the pedal as a stop and sustains the pedal in said position.

The legs, feet, and tongue are formed.- in the present case of acontinuous piece of steel wire, to which, however, I do not limitmyself.

On the legs are fitted the sliding ears G, to which is attached thespring-catch H, the latter having connected with it the headed SerialNo. 672,657. (No model.)

button J and stud K, said button being adapt ed to enter the opening orslot M in the side piece of the pedal and have its head engage with thewall thereof and said stud K being adapted to spring into the opening Nin said piece. When these things are accomplished, the support, notbeing required for use, is held on the pedal, as .in Fig. 1, whereby thebutton remains connected with the pedal and the unfolding of the supportis prevented. hen, however, the stud is withdrawn from the opening N,the catch 11 may be moved in= wardly, so as to release the button J,after which the support may be unfolded and placed in position shown inFig. 2.

WVhen a toe-clip is required, the same is connected with the legs of thesupport, as

shown at Q, Fig. 3, without affecting the support in either itsoperative or inoperative position.

In Fig. 4 I show the leg formed of two sections of sheet metal fitted toslide on each other, so as to enable the leg to be extended whensupporting the bicycle. In this case a toe-clip is secured to one of thesections and the spring-catch S is secured to the other section. Thestud T of said catch is adapted to enter the opening U to hold thesections extended or to enter the opening V to hold the sections foldedtogether on the side of the pedal.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A pedal-frame having an opening and a slot in a side piece thereof,and an eye on the outer cross-bar thereof, in combination with a legwhich is journaled in said eye, a sliding spring-catch mounted on saidleg and a headed button and stud on said catch, the head of said buttonbeing adapted to interlock with the wall of said slot and said stud tospring into said opening and control said button and consequently saidleg in its folded position on the vertical side of said frame.

2. A pedal-frame having a slot in its side, a cross-bar in front and aneye on the latter, in combination with a leg which is journaled in saideye, and provided with a tongue which is continuous of said leg beyondsaid eye and is adapted to abut against said cross-bar, a sliding catchmounted on said leg and a button on said sliding catch, said buttonbeing adapted to engage with the wall of said slot. 3. A pedal-framehaving a cross-bar there; on and an eye on the latter in combinationwith a leg which is journaled in said eye, a

tongue which is continuous of said leg be yond said eye and is adaptedto abut against said frame, and a sliding catch which is provided with aheaded button and stud, which are adapted to engage with the verticalside 10 of said pedal-frame in the folded position of the leg.

WILLIAM H. HART, JR.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, WM. 0. WIEDERSHEIM.

